Stadtmuseum Erlangen, or Erlangen City Museum, is a municipal museum dedicated to the history of the city of

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

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. The museum is housed in the former Old Town 'Rathaus' (town hall), built in 1733/40, and an adjoining town house. Its courtyard serves as a venue for concerts, readings, film screenings, and other open-air events.

History

Erlangen's first local history museum ('Heimatmuseum') was opened in 1919 in the former

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(previously the university 'Karzer'). In 1964, the city museum was re-established and reopened in the former Old Town Hall under its current name.

Exhibitions

The permanent exhibition documents the region's history from pre-historic times to the 20th century, with a focus on Erlangen's

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era with the erection of the planned New Town, its

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manufacturies, the Margravial residence, and the fouding of today's Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavaria's second-biggest university. Other topics include the Industrial Age and the transformation of the city within the context of German history. The tour ends with Erlangen's development as a "

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town" following the end of

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. The museum houses a significant collection on Huguenot trades (stocking weavers, glove makers, white tanners and carpet weavers). Changing exhibitions cover a broad variety of topics, such as important events in the city's history, the history of science and medicine, and the visual arts.

Gallery

File:Strumpfwirkerstuhl Stadtmuseum Erlangen.jpg, A hosier's stocking frame from the 18th century File:Legomodell Erlangen Stadtmuseum.jpg, "Lego model" of the planned New Town File:Ausstellungsbereich Nachkriegszeit Stadtmuseum Erlangen.jpg, Exhibition area about Erlangen's post-war history File:Erlanger Poetenfest 2021, Lesungen im Innenhof des Stadtmuseums 03.jpg, The museum's courtyard during ''Poetenfest''

References

External links

Official website
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